"Of the sons, Solomon, the eldest was
a merchant in London, and afterwards having purchased the manor of
Longport, alias Barton, was of Barton-house, esq. where he resided
and kept his shrievalty there for the county in 1696; the year after
which he died without issue, leaving his nephew Solomon his heir and
executor. Richard, the second son, was of Sandwich, where he died
in 1662; and Henry was the third son, who left issue three sons and
a daughter Elizabeth. Of the sons, Solomon was his uncle Solomon's
heir and executor, and died without issue in 1714; John died without
issue; and Charles Hougham the third son, became heir to his eldest
brother Solomon, and possessed this manor of Longport, alias Barton,
which is now in the possession of his great grandson, William Hougham,
Jun. esq. They bear for their arms, Argent, five chevronels, sable;
quartering Saunders and Brooke; to which Mr. William Hougham Jun.
adds the quartering of Corbet, with an efeutcheon of pretence, for
Robinson; being Vert, a chevron, between three roe bucks, trippant,or.
There are many of their wills in the Prerog. office, in Canterbury,
in which the name is seldom spelt Hougham, in general it is Huffam,
as now pronounced.

He married first, Margaret Hannah Roberta,
one of the daughters and coheirs of John Corbet, esq. of the county
of Salop, who died in 1755, and was buried in St. Martin's church;
and secondly, Mary widow of John Brakenbury, gent. who died in 1788,
aet. 70 without issue, and was buried in Deal church. By his first
wife he had issue Wm. Hougham, esq. now of Barton House, born in 1752,
and a daughter married to Richard Sandys, esq. who afterwards took
orders, by whom she left issue; William Hougham, Jun. esq. the son
married the daughter and heir of Charles Robinson, esq. barrister
at law and recorder of Canterbury.

The tithes of the lands of this manor being
given to the hospital of St. Laurence at its foundation, continued
part of the possessions of it at the time of its suppression, and
have ever since had the same owners as the site of the hospital down
to John, lord viscount Dudley and Ward, and are usually called the
St. Laurence tithery, being wholly within the parish of St. Paul's;
and they now belong to his heirs and assigns, of which more may be
seen under St. Pauls parish."Edward Hasted

The property was owned by the Hougham family
from 1671 until it was sold in 1902

William HOUGHAM, the only son (of Henry
HOUGHAM, d. 1726, and Sarah HUNT), had a long minority, and the accumulated
money thus obtained is said to have enabled him to grealty embellish,
if not entirely rebuild Barton Court.

William Hougham, died 1802 (1), Margaret
Hannah Roberta, d. 1755, daughter of John Corbet esq. of the county
of Salop (2) Mary, widow of John Brakenbury, gent. who died in 1788,
aet. 70, without issue, and was buried in Deal church. Mary d. 1788,
daughter of Charles Knowles (sic), buried in Canterbury, St. Martin

Margaret Hannah Roberta Corbett, married
to William HOUGHAM, esq. of Barton Court, and had issue:

Catharina SANDYS, married in 1803, to John
CHESSHYRE, esq. Capt. Royal Navy.

Arms - Erm. on a chief az. three lions rampt.
or.

Mrs. Hougham, Barton Court near Canterbury
- from a list of subscribers to "A
Tour to Milford Haven in 1791" 1795

William Hougham, d. 1838, married Sarah,
d. 1839, daughter of Charles Robinson, barrister at law and recorder
of Canterbury. They are buried at St. Martin's

*the elder son and heir, Richard Sandys,
in holy orders, m. first. Catherine, daughter of William Hougham,
esq. and had by her

Richard Edwin Sandys, lieutenant in the
royal navy, killed in action off Copenhagen, 2nd April 1801. d. unmarried

Catherina Sandys, co-heir of her brother,
m. in 1803, John Chesshyre, esq. captain in the royal navy.

Mr. Sandys m. secondly, Lady Frances-Alicia
Aslong, widow of William Aslong, and daughter of Charles, third Earl
of Tankerville, by whom (who wedded, thirdly, the Rev. Edward Beckingham
Benson, rector of Deal), he had another daughter,

Alicia Arabella Sandys, co-heir of her half
brother, m. in 1804, to Francis Cockburn, esq. son of the late Sir
James Cockburn, bart of Langton.

The Rev. Richard Sandys, died in 1782.

1810 William Hougham, Esq; Barton Court,
Kent - The National Religion the Foundation
of National Education: A Sermon 1811

Marriage - August 23, 1865, at St. Martins,
Canterbury, George T. Tomlin, esq. of the Inner Temple, barrister-at-law,
of Barton-fields, Canterbury, to Alice, seventh surviving daughter
of the late Rev. W. J. Chesshyre, of Barton court, Kent, and a Canon
of Canterbury.

1878 - The Chesshyres of Barton Court in Canterbury,
now represent the Houghams of St. Martin's, in that city, and the
Parish Clerk of St. Martin's informed me that he had searched the
Registers (for the family of Chesshyre) without success, to find the
baptism of one of the Houghams who settled in Sussex; he was not at
all sure about the Christian name, but thought it was Thomas, and
the date about 1620-1630. Sussex Archaeological
Collections 1878

*William John Chesshyre died February 1, 1859
at age 53 in Canterbury *Whitehall, April 3, 1858 - The Queen has
been pleaseed to grant unto the Reverend William John Chesshyre, M.A.,
the place and dignity of Canon of the Metropolitical Church of Canterbury,
void by the cession of the Reverend Arthur Penrhyn Stanley.

*Mary Elizabeth Chesshyre nee Townley died
06.01.1902. The house was sold in 1902 to Major General John Cecil
Russell, Colonel of the 12th Lancers. He died in 1909.

In 1941 the estate was sold to Canterbury City
Corporation

It is a present Barton Court Grammar School...you
can see a photo of the school at www.bartoncourt.org

Centre for Kentish Studies holds
deeds and estate papers from the HOUGHAM family record ref #U239,
NRA 4797 Hougham

Some lovely old pictures of BARTON's
COURT on the schools history site

http://www.bartoncourt.org/images/school_history/site/bc1920.JPG

http://www.bartoncourt.org/images/school_history/site/bc1932.JPG

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